Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-07

snme direction toward Jesus Chr;st - ond
toward heaven. '"' y" f's' III"
, Years ago the astronomers calculated
INIT there must be world honpino n, n c.r.
.aAn POM IN the heavens, and a large prize !
was oi,eiea Tor some one who could dis.
cover that world. The telescopes from the
great ooserva'ories were pointed in VAN,
.o'I,' gun AZ Nantucket, Mass, Fashioned u
o .e,eseoPe; ana. looking through it, dis.
Nv wa. star' and Won the prize and
the admiration of ail the astronomical
world, that stood amazed a, her genius.
Ana 80 1t is often the case that grown peo.
PIE cannot see the light. while some little
GNU oeho.as the stnr of pardon, the star
OF nope, the star of consolation, the star
OF Bethlehem, the morning star of jesus.
Not many mi.hy men, not many wise
men are called. hut God hath chosen the
weak things of the world to confound the
mighty; and base things and things that
are not To bllng to naught things that are,"
Oh' Go not desplse the pratlle OF It'll chill
aren when they are speaking about God,
Ch,ist' aud Heaven! You see the way your
child III Eointing will you lake that loint-
ing or wait until, in the wrench of some
awful bereavement. God shall lift that
child TO another world, and then it will
beckon YOU upward? Will you take the
pointing or will YOU wait for The beckon-
ing! Blessed be God that tho little Hebrew
caplvc pointed in the right direction!
Blessed be God for the saving ministry of
Chlistian chldren
No wonder the advice of this little He
brew captive threw all Naamans mansion
and n-hadad's palace into excitement.
Guod.ky, Nnaman! With face scariiied
and rigid and lntlamed by the pes,llence,
and aided by those who supported him on
In q IN n yk,n min
Hold fast the fiery coursers Of the royal
stable while the reor sick MN Ii Is his
swollen feet and pain-struck limbs into The
vehicle. BOLSTER him up with the pillows
and let him take lingering look ut his
bright apari men,, for perhaps the Hebrew
captive may be mistaken, and the next
time Nanmar comes to that place he may
be n dead weight on the shoulders of those
who carry him IN expired chie!tain seek
ing sepulture amid the lamen ations OF an
admiring nation. Good by, Naaman!
Let the chario'eer drive gently over the
hills of Hermon, lest lie jolt the invalid.
captive of horrible disease. AS the am
buiance winds throu4h the streets of
Damascus the tears and prayers of nil the
| people 20 after the world-renOwned in-
valid. Perhaps you have had an invalid
| go out from your house on a health ex-
cursion. You know how the neighbors
stool alonn and said: "Ah, he will never
come back again elive" Oh, it was SOL
emn moment, tell you, when the invalid
! had depaited, and You went into the TO m
to make the bed and to remove the medi-
cine vials from the shelf, and to throw open
| the shutters so that the fresh air might
rush into the long closed room! d-hy,
| Nanman! There is only one cheerful face
| 4 I, hot ief TO- Of l,n
| little Hebrew captive, who is sure he will
get cured and who is 30 glad she he'ped
him. AS the chnriot winds out and the es-
cort of mounted courtierS, and the mules,
laden with sacks OF gold and silver and EN-.
broidered suits of apparel, went through
the gates of Damascus and out on the long
way, the hills of Naphtali and Ephrain
look down on the procession, and the ret.
niue goes right past the battle fields where
Naaman, in the days of his health, used Il
rally his troops for fearful onset; and lher
the procession stops and reulineS while
i'll the groves of olives and oleander, ant
Gen. Nuaman so sick-and so very, yer,
sick!
How the countrvmen gasped as the pro
cession passed! They had seen Naaman g,
past like whirlwind in days gone by, ant
had stood aghast at the cank of his wa
equipments: but now they commiserat
him. They say: "Poor man, he will neve
get home alive! Poor mani" Gen. Nnnma1
wakes from restless sleep in the chariot
and he says 10 the charioteer: elbow lon
before we shall reach this Prophe
Elisha's?" The charioteer says to q way.
slider: "How far is it to Elisha's house?
He says: "Twu miles" "'rwo miles.
Then they whip up the la,hered and tagged
out horses. The whole procession brighten
t,l> 81 orriv >ho
drive up to the door of the prophet. Th
characters shout: "Whon!" to the horses
and the tramring hoofs and grindin
wheels cease shaking the earth.
, Come out, Elisha, come out, you hav
company; the granest company that eve
came to Your house b, come 10 it now
No stir insideA Elishas house. The fac
was, the Lord had informed Elisha that tn
. sick captain was coming and just how
treat him. Indeed. when you are sick nnt
the Lord wants you to get we'll, He Away
, tells the doctor how to treat you; and III
, reason we have SO many bungling Goctor
, is because they depend upon their owi
, strength and Instructions and not on tn
Lord God, and that always makes nal
, practice. Come out, Elisha, and attend t
YOUR business. Gen. Naaman and hi
retinue waited, and waited. and waited
The fact WIS Naaman had two diseases
pride and leprosy; the one was as hard I
) get rid OF as the other. Elisha sits quietl
in his house and does not go out. After
while, when he thinks he has humbled thi
, proud man, he says to ~ servant: go on
and tell Gen. Naaman to battle seve
times in the River Jordon, out yonder iv
!; miles, and he will get entirely WE'LL"
The message comes out. "What!" say
the Commander-in-chief of the Syria
forces, his eye kindling with an animatio
, which it had not shown for weeks, and hi
swollen foot stamping on the bottom of III
chariot, regardless Of pain: what! Ism
he coming out tosee me2 Why, though
. certainly he would come and utter som
!, cabalis,ic words over me or make som
enigmatical passes over my wounds. Why
, l don't think he knows who am. Ism
he coming out? Why, when the Shunam
mite woman came to him be rushed OF
and cried: is it vel with thee? Is it We
,, with thy husband? Is it we'll wi h III
chld?' And will he treat n poor unknow
woman like that, and let me, a titled per
sonage, sit here in my chariot and wait I'm
wait? l won't endure it any longer
Chnrioteer, drive on! Wash in the Jordan
Ha! ha! The Shiny Jordan-the mudd